Judges 7:21 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 7:21

19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!”

21 And ^aevery man stood in his place all around the camp; ^band the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

22 When the three hundred ^ablew the trumpets, ^bthe Lord set ^cevery man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to¹ Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of ^dAbel Meholah, by Tabbath.

23 And the men of Israel gathered together from ^aNaphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and pursued the Midianites.

24 Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the ^amountains of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and ^bseized the watering places as far as ^cBeth Barah and the Jordan.

Verse Comparison: Judges 7:21

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American Standard Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put `them' to flight.

Amplified® Bible
They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the [Midianite] army ran--they cried out and fled.

Contemporary English Version
The enemy soldiers started yelling and tried to run away. Gideon's troops stayed in their positions surrounding the camp

Darby English Version
They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the army ran; they cried out and fled.

Good News Bible
Every man stood in his place around the camp, and the whole enemy army ran away yelling.

King James Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

New American Standard Bible
Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled.

New International Version
While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.

New King James Version
And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled.

Revised Standard Version
They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the army ran; they cried out and fled.

Young's Literal Translation
And they stand each in his place, round about the camp, and all the camp runneth, and they shout, and flee;

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